Pale Kings and Princes

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name = Pale Kings and Princes
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author = Robert B. Parker
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country = United States
language = English
series = Spenser
genre = Detective novel
publisher = Delacorte Press
release_date = June 1987
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 256 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 978-0385295383 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = Taming a Sea Horse
followed_by = Crimson Joy

"Pale Kings and Princes" is a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The title is taken from John Keats's poem . Following the murder of a reporter, Spenser is hired by a newspaper to investigate drug smuggling around the area of Wheaton, Massachusetts. There he encounters many troubles, including the death of a policeman and his son. Spenser, with the help of his friend Hawk, eventually secures the downfall of the local cartel.

An adaptation of the novel was relesed as a made-for-tv movie in 1994. [imdb title|0111258|Spenser:Pale Kings and Princes]

External links

[http://www.robertbparker.net/bookpage.asp?ISBN=0385295383 Parker's page on the book]

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